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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04031990 - 1.45 1-®45 ro: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS _ L Contra Costa FROM: •; Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ott s : a County DATE: March 26 , 1990 SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 3747 (Isenberg and Campbell) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECONIlENDATION Indicate that the Board of Supervisors is the SPONSOR of AB 3747 by Assemblymen Isenberg and Campbell which would require new AFDC Medi-Cal beneficiaries to enroll in either the Contra Costa Health Plan or another prepaid health plan which serves the same area whenever there are more than one Medi-Cal PHP' s serving an area in the County. Such enrollment would be for a period of six months. BACKGROUND: One of the items in the Board' s 1990 Legislative Program was to seek legislation that would require all new AFDC Medi-Cal beneficiaries to enroll in one of the PHP' s whenever there are two or more Medi-Cal PHP' s service the same area of the County. In West County, both the Contra Costa Health Plan and Kaiser enroll AFDC Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The CCHP is interested in using such "lock-in" for a period of six months as a method of marketing to new AFDC recipients. The idea would be that at the end of the six month period the CCHP would have shown the beneficiary that the CCHP provided quality, available medical care so that the individual would agree to stay with the CCHP thereafter voluntarily. Assemblymen Isenberg and Campbell have agreed to jointly introduce this measure on behalf of the Board of Supervisors. Because of likely opposition from the medical community the CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Yes YES SIGNATURE: -L—RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATUREM: ACTION OF BOARD ON pr 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED APR 3 1990 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Health Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Executive Director, CCHP Director of Planning, CCHP M382 (10/88) Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson; & Assoc'` DEPUTY Health Services Director has decided not to pursue passage of the bill this year, preferring to try to negotiate a compromise with the private medical community and return with an revised proposal in 1991 . It is, however, appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to acknowledge that it is the sponsor of AB 3747 .